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The Harvard Crimson Defends Discrimination

The editors of the Harvard Crimson argue today that discrimination against Asian applicants is necessary in order to produce the ?diversity? they think if of overriding importance. (HatTip to reader Ed Chin)

Hans Bader, an alumnus, strenuously disagrees.

Although the statistical evidence is overwhelming, the Harvard Crimson claims there is ?no definitive proof.? It speculates that that Asians are being rejected because they are grinds, not because of their race, and that that explains why Asians are less likely to be admitted than members of other races at any given level of academic achievement. People concerned about discrimination against Asians, it claims, must first take into account Asians? possibly lesser ?community involvement, leadership capabililities, [and] distinction in extracurricular activities.?

This is no basis for this speculation. The current crop of Asian high school students participate in extracurricular activies at least as much, on average, as students of any other race.
I don?t really know how to respond to this baseless downplaying of Harvard?s discriminatory and Orwellian ?diversity? policy, which punishes Asians because they have the temerity to succeed in school.

My 3-year-old nephew is part Korean. Should we try to hide his ethnicity when he applies for college? Given the shape of his eyes, that may not be possible. It is a disgrace that his racial identifiability may expose this little boy to prejudice by both reactionary bigots and politically-correct college admissions staff.

The editors of the Crimson should themselves be crimson ... with embarrassment.

Full post as published by Discriminations on February 19, 2008 (boomark / email).